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Conjugation of the French verb rester

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb rester, along with their English translations.

rester is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
rester	to stay

Present		Scored
je reste	I stay
tu restes	you stay
il reste	he stays
elle reste	she stays
nous restons	we stay
vous restez	you stay
ils restent	they stay
elles restent	they stay

Imperfect		Scored
je restais	I was staying
tu restais	you were staying
il restait	he was staying
elle restait	she was staying
nous restions	we were staying
vous restiez	you were staying
ils restaient	they were staying
elles restaient	they were staying

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je restai	I stayed
tu restas	you stayed
il resta	he stayed
elle resta	she stayed
nous restâmes	we stayed
vous restâtes	you stayed
ils restèrent	they stayed
elles restèrent	they stayed

Passé Composé		Scored
je suis resté	I have stayed
tu es resté	you have stayed
il est resté	he has stayed
elle est restée	she has stayed
nous sommes restés	we have stayed
vous êtes resté	you have stayed
ils sont restés	they have stayed
elles sont restées	they have stayed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'étais resté	I had stayed
tu étais resté	you had stayed
il était resté	he had stayed
elle était restée	she had stayed
nous étions restés	we had stayed
vous étiez resté	you had stayed
ils étaient restés	they had stayed
elles étaient restées	they had stayed

Future		Scored
je resterai	I will stay
tu resteras	you will stay
il restera	he will stay
elle restera	she will stay
nous resterons	we will stay
vous resterez	you will stay
ils resteront	they will stay
elles resteront	they will stay

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serai resté	I will have stayed
tu seras resté	you will have stayed
il sera resté	he will have stayed
elle sera restée	she will have stayed
nous serons restés	we will have stayed
vous serez resté	you will have stayed
ils seront restés	they will have stayed
elles seront restées	they will have stayed

Conditional		Scored
je resterais	I would stay
tu resterais	you would stay
il resterait	he would stay
elle resterait	she would stay
nous resterions	we would stay
vous resteriez	you would stay
ils resteraient	they would stay
elles resteraient	they would stay

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
je serais resté	I would have stayed
tu serais resté	you would have stayed
il serait resté	he would have stayed
elle serait restée	she would have stayed
nous serions restés	we would have stayed
vous seriez resté	you would have stayed
ils seraient restés	they would have stayed
elles seraient restées	they would have stayed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je reste	(... that) I stay
(... que) tu restes	(... that) you stay
(... que) il reste	(... that) he stays
(... que) elle reste	(... that) she stays
(... que) nous restions	(... that) we stay
(... que) vous restiez	(... that) you stay
(... que) ils restent	(... that) they stay
(... que) elles restent	(... that) they stay

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je restasse	(... that) I was staying
(... que) tu restasses	(... that) you were staying
(... que) il restât	(... that) he was staying
(... que) elle restât	(... that) she was staying
(... que) nous restassions	(... that) we were staying
(... que) vous restassiez	(... that) you were staying
(... que) ils restassent	(... that) they were staying
(... que) elles restassent	(... that) they were staying

Imperative		Scored
reste	Stay
restons	Let's stay
restez	Stay

Present Participle		Scored
restant	staying

Past Participle		Scored
resté	stayed

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